Terms and conditions

READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS (the “T&C”) CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN RELATIONS WITH DUKASCOPY

Contest Philosophy

Before starting trading in the Contest it is recommended to read the Philosophy of the Contest. To win the Trader contest a participant needs to achieve the following goals:

  1. To reach the maximum profit within 1 month with the maximum loss limit of 100’000 USD.
  2. To attract other traders to copy trades generated by the contestant’s trading strategies by showing them outstanding quality of trading.
Additionally Dukascopy expects from participants:
  1. To show long-term consistent trading results (6 and 12 months respective).
  2. To explain the idea of the trading strategy and the decision behind each action to other traders.

The Trader Contest should be considered as trading within the monthly limit of 100,000 US dollars renewable each month. The loss of all funds during the contest month should be considered as loss of monthly limit rather than loss of all funds on regular trading account.

One of the contest’s goals is to attract other traders to copy participant’s trades. Number of subscribers is an important factor to win the prize.

Participating in the Trader contest automatically means participating in the Signal Provider Grand Prix with additional prizes! Each month five traders with the highest average profitability in six-month and/or 12-month nomination will compete for additional money prizes. Moreover, the best trader in the 12-month nomination will be awarded a 2,000 USD money prize and the title of the Trader of the Year. Keep in mind that the long term contest (Grand Prix) is based on the two criteria – your equity growth and draw-down.

Scalping and using high leverage are not welcome in the Contest. The set of rules was introduced to encourage predictability, explanations and the ability to reproduce (copy) the trades of the contestants. To ensure this, the rules of the contest contain specific trading conditions and restrictions. Also, one of the main ideas of the rules is to reduce possible cheating.

The Trader Contest is the place where all participants can promote themselves as traders and become popular. Trade, win, create a track record and use it to present yourself. Trader contest is a great place to make a trading career!

Contest Model

Dukascopy Trader Contest (the "Contest") is a forex competition between participants using DEMO accounts for manual trading only (the "Participants"). Any forms of automated trading are forbidden. Several trading limitations are designed to make the competition more fair and analytical.

Participants are expected to keep a register of their trading activity: write blog posts about their deals, trading methods, expectations, thoughts behind the deals, trading plans and other related to the Participant’s trading information. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden. The amount of the quoted text must correspond with the purpose of citing.

The posts of each participant are displayed in “Trader's blog” section on his contest page and also in Community Blog and are tagged “Trader's blog”. The quality and accuracy of these records will be beneficial for obtaining more blog points from Contest’s moderator.

Final ranking of participant represents the sum of points for pure trading performance, copied volume by the signal subscribers, quality of orders and the points for Trader's blog.

Despite the fact the Trader contest leaders table will show participants with less than 60% max draw-down for the current month the traders with higher draw-down can also claim prizes.

The Contest is conducted regularly on a monthly basis. The total prize fund is 28,000$ to be shared among the winners.

Registration Rules

  1. The Contest is held by Dukascopy ('Dukascopy') on DEMO accounts for manually trading on a regular monthly basis.
  2. For each respective month, registration opens on the 25th day of the previous month and remains available until the 25th day of that month. For example, registration for January 2011 is opened from 25.12.2010 till 25.01.2011
  3. Only persons aged 18 or over are eligible to apply for a registration in the Contest.
  4. Participants agree to provide true information during registration. If a Participant becomes eligible for any prize, information provided during his/her registration will be used for the opening of a live account with Dukascopy in the name of that Participant. In case of information being false, inaccurate or incomplete, Dukascopy may declare the participation in the Contest void at any time and at its sole discretion.
  5. Participant must register under a unique 'Nickname' which can not be used by any third person in the future. Among other, multiple registrations and/or use of proxy servers may result in the relevant Participant's disqualification.
  6. Participants shall acknowledge and agree that their trading history, any picture, personal data, and any other information posted on Dukascopy's Traders Blog are accessible to the public and that Dukascopy does not ensure any confidentiality in this respect whether or not participants already have a live account open with Dukascopy or intend / need to open such live account. Consequently, participants shall waive expressly the benefit of Swiss Banking Secrecy and release Dukascopy from any liability in that respect in the frame of the Trader Contest / Traders Blog.
  7. Participants shall acknowledge and accept that, in case they are awarded with a prize by Dukascopy, they may be asked to participate in promotional events, interviews, public announcements in connection with the Contest and that Dukascopy may make use of their names, trading history and references. Consequently, participants shall waive expressly the benefit of Swiss Banking Secrecy and release Dukascopy from any liability in that respect.
  8. Participants further acknowledge and agree that should they refuse Dukascopy's request to participate in above-mentioned promotional events, Dukascopy has the right to disqualify such participants and to give the respective prize to other participants.
  9. It is forbidden to use any kind of links in the profile pictures. Any sort of advertisement, restricted sensible content is also not allowed. Dukascopy reserves the right to delete the avatar upon detection of this rule's violation.
  10. Login names containing any trademarks of Dukascopy or its products are not allowed. Words like 'Dukascopy', 'SWFX', 'JForex' and other brand names associated with Dukascopy are forbidden.

Trading Rules

  1. Contest accounts are registered with an initial deposit of USD 100,000.
  2. Trading can be performed using the Java, Android and iPhone/iPad/iPod platforms (no trading possible via web-platform).
  3. The minimum and maximum order size is 100,000 and 5,000,000 currency units respectively.
  4. Only 5 instruments can be opened simultaneously by a Participant.
  5. Only 1 position could be opened at any instrument (if there is already an entry order, there is no possibility to open a market order and vice versa).
  6. The total amount of positions opened during the Contest by one Participant must be at least 10. At the end of the Contest all open positions will be automatically closed 1 hour prior to the settlement.
  7. All positions must have Take Profit (TP) and Stop Loss (SL) orders assigned.
  8. Take profit and Stop Loss levels should not exceed 2% from the opening price for EUR/USD. Limits for the rest instruments recalculating each settlement according to "Pip Conversion Schedule". E.g. Limits for AUD/JPY=(EUR/USD Points/AUD/JPY Points)*2%=1/1.74*2=1.15%; for EUR/NOK=(EUR/USD Points/EUR/NOK Points)*2%=1/0.17*2=11.76%, etc.
  9. TP, SL levels can not initially be set closer than 5 pips either to market price, or to entry price.
  10. It is forbidden to cancel already set SLs and TPs.
  11. All contest trading accounts are subject to the same margin requirements and policies as regular demo accounts. This includes the application of end-of-week leverage (1:30) each Friday, at 18:00 GMT.
Pip Conversion Schedule (by last settlement)
Instrument Rate 1 pip value
$/1Mio$
Points
ADA/USD 0.6145 16273 186.82
AED/CNH 1.9586 51 0.59
AED/CZK 5.8877 170 1.95
AED/HKD 2.1377 47 0.54
AED/HUF 95.8480 104 1.2
AED/JPY 39.56 253 2.9
AED/MXN 5.1757 19 0.22
AED/RON 1.1932 84 0.96
AED/SAR 1.0217 98 1.12
AED/THB 8.8805 1126 12.93
AED/TRY 10.7746 9 0.11
AED/ZAR 4.9079 20 0.23
AUD/AED 2.3776 42 0.48
AUD/CAD 0.8858 113 1.3
AUD/CHF 0.5288 189 2.17
AUD/CNH 4.6573 21 0.25
AUD/CZK 14.0021 71 0.82
AUD/DKK 4.2068 24 0.27
AUD/HKD 5.0828 20 0.23
AUD/HUF 227.9400 44 0.5
AUD/ILS 2.2720 44 0.51
AUD/JPY 94.08 106 1.22
AUD/MXN 12.3020 8 0.09
AUD/NOK 6.4545 15 0.18
AUD/NZD 1.0768 93 1.07
AUD/PLN 2.4111 41 0.48
AUD/RON 2.8375 35 0.4
AUD/SAR 2.4294 41 0.47
AUD/SEK 6.1875 16 0.19
AUD/SGD 0.8332 120 1.38
AUD/THB 21.1195 473 5.44
AUD/TRY 25.5971 4 0.04
AUD/USD 0.6475 154 1.77
AUD/ZAR 11.6708 9 0.1
AVE/USD 268.5100 37 0.43
BAT/USD 0.1240 806 9.26
BCH/CHF 385.5000 2594 29.78
BCH/EUR 411.0500 2433 27.93
BCH/GBP 351.4500 2845 32.67
BCH/USD 471.9000 2119 24.33
BTC/CHF 85 271.2000 12 0.13
BTC/EUR 90 951.6500 11 0.13
BTC/GBP 77 740.1000 13 0.15
BTC/USD 104 393.6000 10 0.11
CAD/AED 2.6848 37 0.43
CAD/CHF 0.5970 168 1.92
CAD/CNH 5.2584 19 0.22
CAD/CZK 15.8100 63 0.73
CAD/DKK 4.7488 21 0.24
CAD/HKD 5.7389 17 0.2
CAD/HUF 257.3110 39 0.45
CAD/ILS 2.5652 39 0.45
CAD/JPY 106.23 94 1.08
CAD/MXN 13.8961 7 0.08
CAD/NOK 7.2708 14 0.16
CAD/PLN 2.7229 37 0.42
CAD/RON 3.2037 31 0.36
CAD/SAR 2.7436 36 0.42
CAD/SEK 6.9892 14 0.16
CAD/SGD 0.9399 106 1.22
CAD/THB 23.9290 418 4.8
CAD/TRY 28.8706 3 0.04
CAD/USD 0.7311 14 0.16
CAD/ZAR 13.1772 8 0.09
CHF/AED 4.4972 22 0.26
CHF/CNH 8.8081 11 0.13
CHF/CZK 26.4877 38 0.43
CHF/DKK 7.9559 13 0.14
CHF/EUR 1.0668 94 1.08
CHF/HKD 9.6129 10 0.12
CHF/HUF 431.0285 23 0.27
CHF/ILS 4.2968 23 0.27
CHF/JPY 177.92 56 0.65
CHF/MXN 23.2756 4 0.05
CHF/NOK 12.1771 8 0.09
CHF/PLN 4.5614 22 0.25
CHF/RON 5.3661 19 0.21
CHF/SAR 4.5965 22 0.25
CHF/SEK 11.7077 9 0.1
CHF/SGD 1.5746 64 0.73
CHF/THB 39.9820 250 2.87
CHF/TRY 48.4510 2 0.02
CHF/USD 1.2247 8 0.09
CHF/ZAR 22.0720 5 0.05
CMP/USD 49.9000 2004 23.01
CNH/CZK 3.0062 333 3.82
CNH/HKD 1.0915 92 1.05
CNH/HUF 48.9410 204 2.35
CNH/JPY 20.20 495 5.68
CNH/MXN 2.6434 38 0.43
CNH/THB 4.5340 2206 25.32
CNH/TRY 5.5012 18 0.21
CNH/ZAR 2.5059 40 0.46
CZK/HUF 16.2750 61 0.71
CZK/JPY 6.72 149 1.71
CZK/THB 1.5091 7 0.08
CZK/TRY 1.8290 5 0.06
DGE/USD 0.1705 58651 673.32
DKK/AED 0.5652 177 2.03
DKK/AUD 0.2377 42 0.48
DKK/CNH 1.1071 90 1.04
DKK/CZK 3.3289 300 3.45
DKK/HKD 1.2083 83 0.95
DKK/HUF 54.1765 185 2.12
DKK/ILS 0.5401 185 2.13
DKK/JPY 22.36 4 0.05
DKK/MXN 2.9269 34 0.39
DKK/RON 0.6744 148 1.7
DKK/SAR 0.5776 173 1.99
DKK/THB 5.0230 1991 22.86
DKK/TRY 6.0901 16 0.19
DKK/ZAR 2.7744 36 0.41
DSH/USD 19.7210 507 5.82
ENJ/USD 0.2115 47281 542.8
EOS/USD 0.5038 1985 22.79
ETC/USD 16.6050 6022 69.14
ETH/CHF 2 051.7000 487 5.6
ETH/EUR 2 188.2000 457 5.25
ETH/GBP 1 870.4500 535 6.14
ETH/USD 2 511.7500 398 4.57
EUR/AED 4.2155 24 0.27
EUR/AUD 1.7731 56 0.65
EUR/CAD 1.5703 64 0.73
EUR/CHF 0.9374 107 1.22
EUR/CNH 8.2565 12 0.14
EUR/CZK 24.8268 40 0.46
EUR/DKK 7.4584 13 0.15
EUR/GBP 0.8550 117 1.34
EUR/HKD 9.0115 11 0.13
EUR/HUF 404.0520 25 0.28
EUR/ILS 4.0276 25 0.29
EUR/JPY 166.78 60 0.69
EUR/MXN 21.8184 5 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.4172 9 0.1
EUR/NZD 1.9092 52 0.6
EUR/PLN 4.2752 23 0.27
EUR/RON 5.0301 20 0.23
EUR/SAR 4.3080 23 0.27
EUR/SEK 10.9730 9 0.1
EUR/SGD 1.4761 68 0.78
EUR/THB 37.4615 267 3.06
EUR/TRY 45.4211 2 0.03
EUR/USD 1.1480 87 1
EUR/ZAR 20.6894 5 0.06
GBP/AED 4.9310 20 0.23
GBP/AUD 2.0736 48 0.55
GBP/CAD 1.8361 54 0.63
GBP/CHF 1.0965 91 1.05
GBP/CNH 9.6577 10 0.12
GBP/CZK 29.0435 34 0.4
GBP/DKK 8.7235 11 0.13
GBP/HKD 10.5405 9 0.11
GBP/HUF 472.6120 21 0.24
GBP/ILS 4.7114 21 0.24
GBP/JPY 195.08 51 0.59
GBP/MXN 25.5297 4 0.04
GBP/NOK 13.3523 7 0.09
GBP/NZD 2.2326 45 0.51
GBP/PLN 5.0013 20 0.23
GBP/RON 5.8838 17 0.2
GBP/SAR 5.0382 20 0.23
GBP/SEK 12.8326 8 0.09
GBP/SGD 1.7276 58 0.66
GBP/THB 43.8490 228 2.62
GBP/TRY 53.1024 2 0.02
GBP/USD 1.3428 74 0.85
GBP/ZAR 24.2016 4 0.05
HKD/CZK 2.7550 363 4.17
HKD/HUF 44.8370 223 2.56
HKD/JPY 18.51 5 0.06
HKD/MXN 2.4211 41 0.47
HKD/THB 4.1545 2407 27.63
HKD/TRY 5.0385 20 0.23
HKD/ZAR 2.2959 44 0.5
ILS/AED 1.0466 96 1.1
ILS/CNH 2.0500 49 0.56
ILS/CZK 6.1627 162 1.86
ILS/HKD 2.2374 45 0.51
ILS/HUF 100.5305 99 1.14
ILS/JPY 41.41 242 2.77
ILS/MXN 5.4189 18 0.21
ILS/RON 1.2489 80 0.92
ILS/SAR 1.0696 93 1.07
ILS/THB 9.2540 1081 12.41
ILS/TRY 11.2915 9 0.1
ILS/ZAR 5.1374 19 0.22
IOT/USD 0.2070 48309 554.6
JPY/HUF 2.42 41 0.47
LNK/USD 13.0230 768 8.82
LTC/CHF 68.8000 14535 166.86
LTC/EUR 73.4000 13624 156.41
LTC/GBP 62.7500 15936 182.95
LTC/USD 84.2500 11869 136.26
MAN/USD 0.2565 38986 447.57
MAT/USD 0.1965 50891 584.23
MKR/USD 2 007.1600 50 0.57
MXN/CHF 0.0430 233 2.67
MXN/CZK 1.1373 9 0.1
MXN/HUF 18.5091 54 0.62
MXN/JPY 7.65 13 0.15
MXN/THB 1.7143 6 0.07
MXN/TRY 2.0804 48 0.55
NEO/USD 5.4850 18232 209.3
NOK/AED 0.3693 271 3.11
NOK/CNH 0.7233 138 1.59
NOK/CZK 2.1748 460 5.28
NOK/DKK 0.6533 153 1.76
NOK/HKD 0.7894 127 1.45
NOK/HUF 35.3965 283 3.24
NOK/ILS 0.3529 283 3.25
NOK/JPY 14.61 7 0.08
NOK/MXN 1.9122 52 0.6
NOK/RON 0.4407 227 2.6
NOK/SAR 0.3773 265 3.04
NOK/SEK 0.9612 104 1.19
NOK/THB 3.2830 3046 34.97
NOK/TRY 3.9792 25 0.29
NOK/ZAR 1.8124 55 0.63
NZD/AED 2.2085 45 0.52
NZD/AUD 0.9287 11 0.12
NZD/CAD 0.8223 122 1.4
NZD/CHF 0.4910 204 2.34
NZD/CNH 4.3241 23 0.27
NZD/CZK 13.0073 77 0.88
NZD/DKK 3.9063 26 0.29
NZD/HKD 4.7195 2119 24.32
NZD/HUF 211.7055 47 0.54
NZD/ILS 2.1096 47 0.54
NZD/JPY 87.35 114 1.31
NZD/MXN 11.4337 9 0.1
NZD/NOK 5.9806 17 0.19
NZD/PLN 2.2403 45 0.51
NZD/RON 2.6356 38 0.44
NZD/SAR 2.2566 44 0.51
NZD/SEK 5.7478 17 0.2
NZD/SGD 0.7736 129 1.48
NZD/THB 19.6325 509 5.85
NZD/TRY 23.8579 4 0.05
NZD/USD 0.6014 166 1.91
NZD/ZAR 10.8415 9 0.11
PLN/AED 0.9859 101 1.16
PLN/CNH 1.9307 52 0.59
PLN/CZK 5.8068 172 1.98
PLN/DKK 1.7446 57 0.66
PLN/HKD 2.1078 47 0.54
PLN/HUF 94.5030 106 1.21
PLN/ILS 0.9418 106 1.22
PLN/JPY 39.01 256 2.94
PLN/MXN 5.0995 20 0.23
PLN/NOK 2.6700 37 0.43
PLN/RON 1.1762 85 0.98
PLN/SAR 1.0072 99 1.14
PLN/SEK 2.5653 39 0.45
PLN/THB 8.7626 11 0.13
PLN/TRY 10.6224 9 0.11
PLN/ZAR 4.8381 21 0.24
RON/CNH 1.6415 61 0.7
RON/CZK 4.9355 203 2.33
RON/HKD 1.7916 56 0.64
RON/HUF 80.3445 124 1.43
RON/JPY 33.16 302 3.46
RON/MXN 4.3397 23 0.26
RON/THB 7.4455 1343 15.42
RON/TRY 9.0311 11 0.13
RON/ZAR 4.1138 24 0.28
SAR/CNH 1.9165 52 0.6
SAR/CZK 5.7621 174 1.99
SAR/HKD 2.0916 48 0.55
SAR/HUF 93.8365 107 1.22
SAR/JPY 38.71 258 2.97
SAR/MXN 5.0659 20 0.23
SAR/RON 1.1679 86 0.98
SAR/THB 8.6920 1150 13.21
SAR/TRY 10.5772 9 0.11
SAR/ZAR 4.8048 21 0.24
SEK/AED 0.3843 260 2.99
SEK/CNH 0.7525 133 1.53
SEK/CZK 2.2630 442 5.07
SEK/DKK 0.6797 147 1.69
SEK/HKD 0.8211 122 1.4
SEK/HUF 36.8340 271 3.12
SEK/ILS 0.3671 272 3.13
SEK/JPY 15.20 7 0.08
SEK/MXN 1.9897 50 0.58
SEK/RON 0.4586 218 2.5
SEK/SAR 0.3926 255 2.92
SEK/THB 3.4185 2925 33.58
SEK/TRY 4.1524 24 0.28
SEK/ZAR 1.8863 53 0.61
SGD/AED 2.8546 35 0.4
SGD/CNH 5.5900 18 0.21
SGD/CZK 16.8094 59 0.68
SGD/DKK 5.0529 20 0.23
SGD/HKD 6.1048 16 0.19
SGD/HUF 273.5755 37 0.42
SGD/ILS 2.7270 37 0.42
SGD/JPY 112.93 89 1.02
SGD/MXN 14.7768 7 0.08
SGD/NOK 7.7299 13 0.15
SGD/PLN 2.8970 35 0.4
SGD/RON 3.4060 29 0.34
SGD/SAR 2.9166 34 0.39
SGD/SEK 7.4294 13 0.15
SGD/THB 25.3540 394 4.53
SGD/TRY 30.7432 3 0.04
SGD/ZAR 14.0066 7 0.08
THB/HUF 10.7780 9 0.11
THB/JPY 4.45 22 0.26
TRX/USD 0.2740 365 4.19
TRY/AUD 0.0391 256 2.94
TRY/HUF 8.8955 1124 12.91
TRY/JPY 3.67 2723 31.26
TRY/SEK 0.2408 415 4.77
TRY/THB 0.8249 121 1.39
UNI/USD 7.4125 1349 15.49
USD/AED 3.6721 27 0.31
USD/AUD 1.5444 6 0.07
USD/CAD 1.3679 73 0.84
USD/CHF 0.8165 122 1.41
USD/CNH 7.1920 14 0.16
USD/CZK 21.6198 46 0.53
USD/DKK 6.4965 15 0.18
USD/EUR 0.8711 11 0.13
USD/GBP 0.7447 13 0.15
USD/HKD 7.8497 13 0.15
USD/HUF 352.0045 28 0.33
USD/ILS 3.5084 29 0.33
USD/JPY 145.28 69 0.79
USD/MXN 19.0028 5 0.06
USD/NOK 9.9447 10 0.12
USD/NZD 1.6627 60 0.69
USD/PLN 3.7247 27 0.31
USD/RON 4.3815 23 0.26
USD/SAR 3.7518 27 0.31
USD/SEK 9.5556 10 0.12
USD/SGD 1.2866 78 0.89
USD/THB 32.6125 31 0.35
USD/TRY 39.4906 3 0.03
USD/ZAR 18.0225 6 0.06
UST/CHF 0.8183 122 1.4
UST/EUR 0.8765 114 1.31
UST/GBP 0.7402 135 1.55
UST/USD 0.9998 100 1.15
XLM/CHF 0.2078 481 5.52
XLM/EUR 0.2217 451 5.18
XLM/GBP 0.1895 528 6.06
XLM/USD 0.2545 393 4.51
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.63
XRP/USD 2.1690 4610 52.93
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 941
YFI/USD 5 038.5500 198 2.28
ZAR/CZK 1.1995 834 9.57
ZAR/HUF 19.5355 512 5.88
ZAR/JPY 8.06 1241 14.24
ZAR/MXN 1.0546 95 1.09
ZAR/THB 1.8100 5525 63.43
ZAR/TRY 2.1950 46 0.52

Key Limitations

  1. Every Participant should have only one unique nickname and email linked with his/her personal details, which will be used for the account opening with Dukascopy in case of awarding of a Contest prize.
  2. Only Participants who have a positive balance more than 100,000 may claim to be awarded by any of the prizes.
  3. Trader’s blog posts should not be shorter than 50 words and may be written in any language. In case post contains picture or chart the limitation lowers to 20 words.
  4. Use of offensive or abusive language may cause disqualification from Dukascopy Community and Contest.
  5. Official results of every month will be published during 2 weeks.
  6. Dukascopy reserves the right to set a 1-day ban to any contest participant or community user in case of continuous breaches of contest rules. A permanent disqualification can be applied if a serious violation is detected.

Ranking Calculation Rules

Each month, the score table is formed on the basis of 4 criteria, with a maximum total score of 303-306 points:

  1. Performance - real increase of capital. Maximum - 200 points.

  2. Signal subscribers - nomination consists of 2 components:

    • DEMO - cumulative traded volumes copied by the DEMO signal subscribers active in Social Trading contest are taken into account. Restriction: the copied volume is counted if signal subscriber has subscribed to at least 5 providers. Maximum 15 points.
    • LIVE - cumulative traded volumes copied by the LIVE signal subscribers are taken into account. Maximum 10 points.

  3. Orders quality - volume-weighted share of trades made with conditional orders. It is calculated as a ratio of the traded volume made with conditional orders to the total traded volume. Conditional orders include pending Entry orders, SL and TP orders. Maximum – 50 points.
  4. Trader’s blog - The score entered by a moderator for the quality and accuracy of the posts with "Trader's blog" tag. Maximum 28-31 points (depends on the number of days in the current month).

According to the places in nomination 'Performance' ,the Participants will gain points from 200 till 1 in the following sequence: (1) 200, (2) 180, (3) 170, (4) 165, (5) 160, (6) 159, (7) 158, ... (164) 1.

For 'Signal subscribers' points are assigned linearly.

  • DEMO: (1) 15, (2) 14, (3) 13, ... (15) 1.
  • LIVE: (1) 10, (2) 9, (3) 8, ... (10) 1.

The 'Order's quality' evaluation is obtained from the volume-weighted share of trades made with conditional orders. The percentage of such trades is then multiplied by the maximum score – 50 points. E.g. 90% of conditional volumes – 45 points, 50% - 25 points, etc.

Moderators are checking the Trader's blog for all participants, that shall not post more than 1 time per day. 1 post per 1 day is counted and the maximum points depend on the number of days in the particular month. The Contest moderator decides whether to assign points for the posts or not. Posting of spam, senseless posts, plagiarism and over-citing will be punished by assigning -1 point for each post. The rule “1 post per 1 day is counted” is not applied for spam-posts.

Please notice: At equal quantity of points, the preference will be given to the trader with the latest date of registration in the Contest.


Only Participants with real positive increase of capital can be treated as Contest nominees.
The winners with higher than 60% of max draw-down can also claim prizes.

Prizes and Awarding Rules

  1. The total prize pool of USD 28,000 is distributed among 30 winners of the Contest in the following manner:
    • 1st place and nomination 'The Trader of the Month' - 6,000 USD.
    • 2nd place - 3,500 USD
    • 3rd place - 2,500 USD
    • 4th place - 2,000 USD
    • 5th-6th place - 1,500 USD
    • 7th-10th places - 1,000 USD
    • 11th-20th places - 500 USD
    • 21st-30th places - 200 USD
  2. The contest winners may withdraw their cash prizes and the profits generated from their cash prizes on their respective sub-accounts after meeting the minimum turnover requirement. The minimum turnover requirement constitutes 2.5 million USD for every 100 USD won in the contest.:
    • 1st place - 150 million USD
    • 2nd place - 87.5 million USD
    • 3rd place - 62.5 million USD
    • 4th place - 50 million USD
    • 5th-6th place - 37.5 million USD
    • 7th-10th places - 25 million USD
    • 11th-20th places - 12.5 million USD
    • 21th-30th places - 5 million USD
  3. Participants are allowed to withdraw funds in full only when there are no blocked prizes on the account. Profit can only be withdrawn when there are no blocked prizes on the account.

    If there are both blocked and unblocked prizes:
    • participants are only allowed to withdraw the sum of unblocked prizes;
    • only the positive difference between equity and sum of blocked funds can be withdrawn;
    • the sum of withdrawn funds can't exceed the sum of unblocked funds.
  4. Top-3 position winners are required to take part in one broadcast of Dukascopy Community TV. Broadcasts are open-format and Participants have the opportunity of presenting the trading strategies and principles that lead them to success in the particular contest, taking part in the discussion of one of the open discussion of the Live TV or suggesting another topic of their interest related to Forex/Economics/Trading psychology etc.

    The broadcast is to be carried within one calendar month after the end of the contest month. Dukascopy representatives will be in contact with every of the winners to appoint a commonly convenient time for the broadcast.

    The only device Participants need to take part in the web-broadcast is a microphone and a web-cam. Broadcasts are held in English. Cases when the prize winner does not master English at a sufficient level will be solved on an individual basis: either by outsourcing an interpreter or via other individual solutions.
  5. If Participant does not have a live account with Dukascopy, then he/she should proceed to the live account opening procedure in a regular way. If Participant does not comply with live account opening requirements, Dukascopy reserves the right to cancel the cash prize.
  6. Cash prizes may be credited only to a live sub-account open with Dukascopy in the name of the relevant Participant.
  7. LIVE accounts which are credited with prize money are considered LIVE Prize accounts. LIVE Prize accounts can be credited only with cash prize money. Clients are not allowed crediting their own funds on this type of account.
  8. Prizes may only be credited to sub-accounts which are not linked to any Business Introducer. If needed, Dukascopy opens new sub-accounts not linked to the Participants’ Business Introducers, if any, and credit the prize(s) on such new sub-accounts.
  9. If a Participant already has a Live account but has not yet any open sub-account, Dukascopy opens a sub-account in the Participant’s reference currency and credits the prize(s) on this sub-account.
  10. Save contrary and valid preliminary written instruction of the Participant, Dukascopy converts the prize(s) into the currency of the sub-account on which the prize(s) shall be credited in application of the present “Prizes and Awarding Rules”. Such conversion is subject to fees as per the fee schedule posted on Dukascopy’s website.
  11. In case of Participant's refusal to participate in promotional events, interviews, public announcements in connection with the Contest, Dukascopy has the right to disqualify such Participant and give the respective prize to another Participant.

Fair Play

  1. Participants acknowledge and agree to make efforts to respect the principles of Fair Play.
  2. Participants must refrain from any dishonest and unfair conduct even if these activities are not fully described within the framework of the Contest rules.
  3. Such activities include, but are not limited to:
    • Registration of persons that are directly or indirectly related to other Participant
    • Various team tactics that include consolidation of Participants into a group with a purpose to get a statistical advantage on one of the accounts
    • Trading in opposite directions within one or more accounts
    • Spamming in private messages and comments
    • Any kind of manipulations with Orders quality points and other statistics
    • Other activities used to get an unfair advantage over other Participants

6/12 Statistiche per Signal Provider Grand Prix

  1. Total pip-points gained – The number of pip-points (EUR/USD pips equivalent) scored during the given statistical period.
  2. Avg. pip-points outcome from all positions – The average number of EUR/USD pips equivalent points gained/lost on all positions opened during the given statistical period.
  3. Most profitable trade – The number of EUR/USD pips equivalent points gained on the most profitable position opened during the given statistical period.
  4. Worst trade - The number of EUR/USD pips equivalent points lost on the most detrimental position opened during the given statistical period.
  5. Avg. pip-points gain on positive positions - The average number of EUR/USD pips equivalent points gained on all positive positions opened during the given statistical period.
  6. Avg. pip-points lost on negative positions - The average number of EUR/USD pips equivalent points lost on all negative positions opened during the given statistical period.
  7. Number of trades – Total number of trades conducted during the given statistical period.
  8. Avg. position size (USD) – The average size of a position opened during the given statistical period, in USD.
  9. Avg. trade time – The average duration of all positions opened during the given statistical period. From opening to closure.
  10. Maximum drawdown (%) – Maximum equity's depreciation, calculated as the percentage between the highest equity value and the lowest one during the given statistical period.
  11. Number of drawdowns – Total number of consecutive equity contractions during the given statistical period.
  12. Volume-weighted share of trades conducted with conditional orders – calculated as a ratio of the Traded volume made with conditional orders to the Total traded volume. These include entry pending orders, Stop-Loss and Take-Profit orders.
  13. Win/Loss ratio – Ratio of positive vs. negative positions opened during the given statistical period.

Charts

  1. Cumulative Profit/Loss dynamics - The chart is based on the continuous sum of periodic profits & losses. Starts from zero although traders actually start their trading with an initial deposit of 100,000 USD every month.
  2. Contest standings – Current rank of the trader in the respective period’s (1 month, 6 month or 1 year) standings of the Trader contest.
  3. Performance – Historical profit & loss results along a selected statistical period. Shown in pip points (EUR/USD pips equivalent).
  4. Traded volumes – Volumes traded historically during a selected statistical period. Shown in USD.
  5. Instruments – Distribution of instruments the trader uses for trading.

Other rules and policies

  1. Dukascopy reserves the right to use any kind of information posted by Participants within the framework of the Contest for its own purposes without prior coordination and approval from the authors. These purposes may include any kind of promotional activities or publicity campaigns, statistics collection etc.
  2. Dukascopy reserves the right to disqualify a Participant, to change the Contest rules, requirements and awards, without prior notice and at any time and at its sole discretion.

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